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John Dengate interviewed by Alan Musgrove in the Alan Musgrove collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 3726504
Format AudioAudio
Author
Dengate, John, 1938-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research, written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1996 
1 digital audio tape (ca. 120 min.) 
Series

Alan Musgrove collection

Summary

John Dengate talks about being introduced into folk music by Brian Mooney; the Bush Music Club; starting to write songs; Waverley cemetery; influences of Alan Scott, Duke Tritton; Chris Kempster, Declan Affley; Army, conscription; his father; bush music; the Communist Party; Trade Unions; political consciousness; Australia and heritage of poetry, Banjo Paterson; learning new tunes becoming a vehicle for his writing; services for Australian Music, an Honorary Member; protest music in Australia; satirical songs; American accents being used in the '60s, '70s; influences on writing; generations of culture, tradition; Irish traditional songs; parities of songs, re-using tunes; Tex Morton; setting Lawson's poems to song/music; borrowing tunes from of America & England; John Shaw Neilson; learning within the Tradition; in a band called 'Plectrum'; Bush band member and playing with Bush bands; Martyn Windham Reed; singing styles; field recordings; Bert Lloyd; field recordings giving you a style; Sally Sloane; traditional magazines; J. Buchanan; Meredith; Duke Tritton and his presence; doing lots of busking; a CD made at Paddy's farm, Gulgong; Larrikin players adding their pieces to the CD; the title song 'Pollys Of Folly'; re-writing of material; the launch of CD in Melbourne.

Partial contents
  • Songs: Birchgrove Park
  • Platoon Commander
  • Pig Iron Bob is a statesman now
  • Gun lobby
  • Polly Costello.
 
Notes

Recorded October 1, 1996 at Glebe, N.S.W.

Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History collection;

Index/Finding Aid Note Timed summary (3 p.) 
Subjects Dengate, John, - 1938- - Interviews.  |  Folk musicians - New South Wales - Interviews.  |  Satirists, Australian - Interviews.  |  Folk songs, English - Australia  |  Political ballads and songs - Australia
Occupation Folk musicians.  |  Satirists.
Other authors/contributors Musgrove, Alan, 1957-

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    ORAL TRC 5681/3
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    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
    ORAL TRC 5681/3 (summary)
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